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red dogwood

noun

  1. a Eurasian dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, having greenish-white flowers and dark-red branches.
  2. a variety of flowering dogwood, Cornus florida rubra, having red or pink bracts.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of red dogwood1

First recorded in 1950–55

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